Wednesday 12th September 2012  
Understanding the media 2  

Today I was given three tasks all set in Adobe Photoshop, since my skills in Photoshop needed improvement, i found this lesson much needed.

I was given three images and i was to manipulate and modify each one in different ways. The first image was of the Dubai cityscape. The task for this image was to add more buildings to the image using what is already available in the cityscape. I made a duplicate of the original image so if i had made any mistakes i would still have the original. I have used Photoshop many times in the past so i already had a method in mind on how i was going to add more buildings. Using the marque tool I selected a section on the one building then duplicated it.

The second image was of the Taj Mahal, and for this task i had to remove all the people out of the image using the techniques that i was already familiar with. I used the clone tool to copy different places in the environment and cloned it over the people in the image.

The third task involved a recent event of a 19th century painting, the Spanish fresco painting. A amateur spanish painter attempted to restore the painting but completely ruined it. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19349921  
I had to try and restore the painting in Photoshop using the clone tool.    

Using the clone tool, all i did was clone the existing colours to fill the white spaces. I did have to refer back to the original image before the painting was damaged to get a better idea of what colours were used on his face and hair. Looking at the ordinal image did reveal that their is a crown of thorns sitting on top of the head which you can't make out clearly on these images.
 












I found these tasks quite interesting because i've never done this type of exercise in Photoshop before especially trying to repair a painting in Photoshop. The lesson was a great refresher for using Photoshop and i do feel more confident using Photoshop.